Match-lighter.



. P. MOCK. I

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N FILED .11.1915.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

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CHARLES P. MDCK, OF QINLAN, OKLAHOMA.

MATCH-LIGHTER.

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Application led March 11, 1915.

To all "whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES l?. Moon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Quinlan, in the county of hoodward and State of Oklahoma, have invented a. new and useful Match-Lighter, of which the following is a specification.

rlllhe device forming the subject matter of this application is a striker adapted to be assembled with a smoking pipe, and the invention resides not only in the specific construction of the striker but, as well, in the relations existing between the striker and the pipe whereon the striker is carried.

The invention aims to provide a striker of the type above described which may be readily assembled with the pipe, the construction being such that certain elements on the striker which serve to ignite the match form a screw-driver kerf whereby the striker may be rotated to cause the threaded stem thereof to engage with the pipe.

Another object of the invention is to provide a match striker for a pipe so constructed that when the head of a match is placed on the striker, the match will not be likely to slip off the striker and onto the pipe.

A further object of the invention is to provi de novel means whereby as the match is drawn across and on the striker, the match will not come into contact with the pipe. y

It is contemplated by the invention that 'the construction of the device shall be such that any material detached from the match during the striking process will be received by the striker and be held by the striker and will not be deposited on the surface of the pipe.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

1With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing Figurel shows in side elevation, a smoking pipe to Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2:8, Nitti.

serial no. 13,712.

which the present invention has been ap plied; Fig. 2 shows the striker in front elevation; Fig. 8 is a fragmental vertical seci tion taken through the striker and a portion of the pipe.

In the accompanying drawings there is shown a support in the form of a pipe which may be of any desired form, thesame being depicted as comprising a body l, bowl 2 and a stem 8.

In the side face of the body l and preferably near to the bowl 2 there is formed an opening d which may be threaded as shown at 5. rIlhe striker proper is preferably fashioned from metal throughout and comprises a head 6 and a stem 7 projecting from the head. The head G may be of any desired contour but in the present instance it is shown as of circular outline. The stem 'T is threaded so as to coact with the threaded opening L- in the body l of the pipe.

In the outer face of the head G of the striker and near to the top of the striker there is formed a seat 10. In this seat the head of the match is placed before the match is drawn across the attrition elements hereinafter described, these attrition elements being in the form of superposed ribs ll, l? and 14. Each rib projects outwardly a slight distance beyond the next rib thereabove and the outer ec ges of all of the ribs lie in a plane designated by the reference character 8 and disposed at an acute angle with respect to the rear face of the head 6 of the striker. It will now be obvious that when the head of a match is withdrawn from the seat l0 and rides over the ribs ll, l2 and le to ignite the match, the match will be dedected away from the side fa ce 9 of the pipe, and therefore, the side face of the pipe is not likely to be struck by the match as the match is moved to ignite it.

It is to be observed that the upper faces of the ribs ll, l2 and 14, slant downwardly and inwardly, thereby to provide a plurality pockets 16 adapted to receive the material detached from the match during the scratching operation.

Fig. 2 of the drawings shows clearly at 15, that the walls of the match receiving seat 10 are inclined toward the ribs 1l, 12 and le, the ends of the said portions of the walls being disposed approximately at right angles to the ribs. As a consequence, when a match is withdrawn from the seat l0 and traverses the ribs l1, l2 and 14, transversely,

the Walls 15 serve to direct the head of the match onto the ribs and prevent the match from sliding laterally and coming into contact with the body portion of the pipe, as would be the case if it were possible for the head of the match to move in the direction of the arrows A of Fig. 2.

lt is to be observed that the ribs ll and 12 serve to define a kerf in which the bit of a screw driver may be placed, for the purpose of rotating the striker so that the threaded stem 7 thereof will engage with the opening lin the body of the pipe.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is l. In a device of the class described, a support; and a striker comprising` a head and a stem projecting from the head, the stem being threaded into the support, the head having match engaging transverse attrition ribs, certain of which define a screw driver kerf whereby the stem may be threaded into the support.

2. ln a device of the class described, a support; and a striker assembled With the side of the support, the striker having a match engaging attrition face which slants downwardly and outwardly, thereby to deflect a match away from the support.

3. ln a device of the class described, a striker provided with a plurality of transverse match receiving attrition ribs, the upper faces of Which slant downwardly, to

define between the ribs, depending pocketsk adapted to receive material detached from a match.

d. In a device of the class described, a striker provided ivitha match receiving seat located Within the contour of the striker, and provided With a match engaging attrition surface located adjacent the seat.

5. In a device of the class described, a striker provided with transverse match engaging attrition ribs and having a match receiving seat embodying Walls extended toward the ribs to direct a match toward the ribs When the match is moved from the seat to the ribs.

G. As an article of manufacture, a match striker for pipes, embodying a threaded stem and a head carried by the stem, the head being provided with a match receiving seat and havinga match receiving attrition surface located adjacent the seat.

7. As an article of manufacture, a match striker for pipes, comprising av head having a match receiving seat and provided with transverse, match engaging ribs, the outer edges of the ribs defining a plane which is disposed at an angle to the rear face of the head.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto affixed my .signature in the presence of tivo Witnesses.

CHARLES P. MOCK.

TWitnesses J. Gr. BAILEY, R. E. HUTFMAN.

. v Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

